Advanced Clerkship in Diagnosis & Treatment of Major Psychoses

Harvard HMS

Advanced elective students spend one month on an inpatient component of the Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorder Program. Our unit takes care of adults aged 18 to 65 suffering from acute episodes of psychotic illnesses needing a high level of support and care. Our patients come in most often fearful, confused, and scared, and require a great deal of compassionate and thoughtful care and help, often leaving dramatically better and with significant changes seen during a hospital stay. We take…